Bailey Olter High School

Bailey Olter High School
Location
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Kolonia, Pohnpei Island, Pohnpei State

Micronesia
Coordinates6°56′59″N 158°12′12″E / 6.949722199999999°N 158.20333329999994°E / 6.949722199999999; 158.20333329999994
Information
TypeHigh school
School districtPohnpei State Department of Education

Bailey Olter High School, formerly Pohnpei Island Central School (PICS),[1] and Pacific Islands Central School,[2] is a senior high school in Kolonia, Pohnpei Island, Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia. As of 2018 the school, operated by the Pohnpei State Department of Education, has about 1,500 students, making it the state's largest high school. Its service area includes Kolonia, Nett, Sokehs (including the FSM capital Palikir), and U.[3]

PICS was the first senior high school on the island of Pohnpei;[4] it was originally the sole senior high school in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,[5] and for a period then only secondary school in the Micronesia region.[6]

History

In 1947 the Mariana Islands' Teacher Training School (MITTS) opened in Guam. MITTS was a normal school serving all areas of the Trust Territory.[7] It moved to Chuuk (Truk) in 1948,[8] to be more central in the Trust Territory,[7] and was renamed Pacific Islands' Teacher Training School (PITTS). The school's function was to develop local Micronesian teaching staff for the Trust Territory.[8]

It transitioned from being a normal school to a comprehensive secondary school, so it was renamed the Pacific Islands Central School. The school moved to Pohnpei in 1959.[7] At the time it was a three-year institution housing students who graduated from intermediate schools.[5]

Additions were built between the late 1960s to the middle of the 1970s, a period when several other public high schools were built in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Higher Education in the Federated States of Micronesia Archived 2017-10-14 at the Wayback Machine." Embassy of the Federated States of Micronesia Washington DC. Retrieved on February 23, 2018. "Bailey Olter High School (former PICS) P.O. Box 250 Kolonia, Pohnpei FM 96941"
  2. ^ "TITLE: Pohnpei Island Central School : (papers, articles, etc.)."
  3. ^ "Secondary Division." Pohnpei State Department of Education. Retrieved on February 23, 2018.
  4. ^ Cunningham, Lawrence J. and Janice J. Beaty. Guam: A Natural History. Bess Press, 2001. ISBN 1573060461, 9781573060462. p. 177.
  5. ^ a b Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, 1961. p. 137. "The Pacific Islands Central School is the only public senior secondary school of the Territory. Students selected for further training following graduation from the district intermediate schools may go to the Pacific Islands Central School for 3 additional years of education."
  6. ^ The Contemporary Pacific, Volume 5. Center for Pacific Islands Studies and University of Hawaii Press, 1993. p. 387. "Pacific Islands Central School, initially on Chuuk and later moved to Pohnpei, was for many years Micronesia's only secondary institution[...]"
  7. ^ a b c Wuerch, William L. and Dirk Anthony Ballendorf. Historical Dictionary of Guam and Micronesia, 1994. ISBN 0810828588, 9780810828582. p.91.
  8. ^ a b Goetzfridt, Nicholas J. and Karen M. Peacock. Micronesian Histories: An Analytical Bibliography and Guide to Interpretations. p. 190.
  9. ^ Compact of Free Association in the Micronesian States of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands: Environmental Impact Statement. United States Department of State, 1984. p. 36. "From the late 1960s to mid-1970s the major high school complexes throughout the Trust Territory were constructed: notably,[...]additions to the Ponape High School[...]"